check patch revisions on redhat?

[Radek Vybiral]

On Thu, 29 Nov 2001, Patrice Seyed wrote:

> how do i check to patch revisions on rh71? Like to find out if someone used
> a specific patch on a system I am
> administering. maybe the form of this question is coming in a solaris
> mentality..

Check Security Alerts, BugFixes and Enhancements on RedHat Linux Errata
page:
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/rh72-errata.html

Compare it with 'rpm -q package', e.g. rpm -q wu-ftpd. 

If you find same version of package installed on system and on Errata
page, everything is OK.


R.V.